On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...

Although Jefferson's description of the slave trade was as much an indictment of the colonies as of Britain ... to the Continental Congress on July 1, 1776, both northern and southern slaveholding ...

The colonies united in the Continental Congress to protest the Coercive Acts. Two years later, the congress declared independence. Early in 1776, King George consented to the hiring of thousands ...

Granville Sentinel columnist Jeff Gill shares his thoughts on the Declaration of Independence and the Founding Fathers' intentions behind their words.

It announced that the colonies held rights of life ... The conflict continued, and on June 11, 1776, Congress resolved to form a committee to draft a declaration of independence.